2003 - MechMania IX: .22The Age of the Adamas.22 MechMania

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2003 - mechmania ix: age of adamas

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sponsor: michigan economic development corporation
website: http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/mechmania/2003/

story

the age of adamas.


war has begun again. in time once revealed technological advancement, chaos reigns. technology, once reason years of tranquility cause turmoil erupting on planet. fighting exists once reason: adamas, man-made gem based on 21st century process of creating lab-produced diamonds.


the history of diamond well-known story of greed , monopoly. around 21st centuries, precious stone revealed no longer purposes of jewelry, found new value in world of computing steadily came replace silicon based chips had been primary source driving processor chips @ time. @ advent of lab process producing large quantities of diamonds minimal cost, diamond chips rapidly surpassed silicon chips ability run @ speeds produce temperatures hot enough liquefy silicon chip.


this lasted time , lab process became altered several times on producing skewed variations surpassed properties of natural diamond hundred times over. moore.s law maintained centuries on lab processing based development. developments of such high technology lead many world wars. naturally war furthered advancement of technology resulting in creation of mechs, giant intelligent war machines built 1 purpose: destroy @ cost. creation of mech , forecasting future wars fueled advancement of computing power further development of latest gem, adamas. adamas has properties enable system powered unstoppable.


naturally such capabilities in mech war machines have every world power drooling. before adamas creation process finalized, several minor wars erupted between major powers until few remain. though supplies limited , handful of mechs survived minor battles, plot against each other control 1 thing standing in way.


the lab process create adamas requires not diamond relies on newly discovered element, eris, can mined in deepest canyons of oceans. few mines have survived previous battles, may enough supply creation of enough adamas build mech army necessary rule world. on brink of war, last remaining powers scrambling hands on mines supply labs in creation of strongest mech armies ever before opponents do.


dev team

dave walker
andrew lusk
dan sledz
don schmidt

languages , tools

client contestants: c++
server: c++






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